Word: belief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...advocate of Eurocommunism, Carrillo's speech probably will focus on his belief that a country can achieve socialism through parliamentary institutions while maintaining its independence from the Soviet Union...
There is a ferment within Afrikanerdom that involves even a painful demythologizing of the white man's history and divine mission. Nevertheless, belief in the sanctity and racial integrity of the tribe runs deep. "An Afrikaner will not be ruled by anyone but an Afrikaner," declares a liberal student at Stellenbosch. "To preserve our culture," suggests a prominent member of the Broederbond, "we would be willing to give up large chunks of the economic and political privileges that go with...
...Abrams; $17.50), by Dutch Scientist Wil Huygen, is the most original and sustained piece of whimsy since the productions of J.R.R. Tolkien. Throughout the book that bears their name, the little creatures are treated soberly as an endangered species "well out of sight, so much so in fact that belief in their existence is waning rapidly." A series of maps, anatomical charts, even recipes are provided, enlivened with sly, soft-focus illustrations by Rien Poortvliet. Gnomes one of the season's very few new books designed to be savored by the entire family. That the male gnome remains potent...
This widespread skepticism persists alongside, and maybe partly as a result of, an inextinguishable American optimism-the belief that the country will somehow solve every problem. Together, skepticism and optimism thwart all efforts to move the public. The skeptical citizen, finally, cannot possibly see anything to be gained or any self-interest to be served by cutting down on the normal use of energy...
...equating morality with sexual morality, to separate it from cheating, betrayal and cruelty. Still, at a time when sex is being widely commercialized, when people's emotional needs are often manipulated and exploited, it is interesting simply to record that a substantial majority of Americans cling to a belief in many of the values of family life that they learned in their own homes...